The atmosphere in the imperial study room was sluggish and solemn. The eunuchs and palace maids who were originally serving had already been so scared that they knelt down on the ground with their heads touching the ground and did not dare to move. The ground in the hall was covered with broken porcelain and splashing water stains. Duke Xiangguo stood on the side and stared at the fragments on the ground with his eyes silently and half-hung his eyes, as if it was not an ordinary fragment but a treasure containing some life-reaching treasure.

"It's too much to deceive others! It's too much to deceive others!" Emperor Yongjia walked back and forth in the hall irritably, murmured.

Duke Xiangguo looked up at him, moved the corners of his lips but did not speak.

After a long time, Emperor Yongjia seemed to finally calm down and looked at Xiangguo and said, "Zezhi, what do you have to say?"

Duke Xiangguo said lightly: "The imperial heir is a major national affairs and also the family affairs of Your Majesty. How dare I discuss it absurdly?" Emperor Yongjia snorted and said: "You dare not discuss it absurdly, but there are many people who dare to discuss it absurdly." Duke Xiangguo looked at Emperor Yongjia and pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, although the matter of the imperial heir should be decided by Your Majesty, the ministers must be worried about the country. This matter... Your Majesty should also consider it."

"Consider!? Even you say so?" Emperor Yongjia said angrily.

Duke Xiangguo lowered his eyes and said nothing. Emperor Yongjia was silent for a while and finally sighed.

Since he arrived in Pingjing, although the harem of Emperor Yongjia was still full, he never had a child. He had never even been pregnant. Although no one dared to say it clearly, everyone knew in their hearts that there was something wrong with Emperor Yongjia's health. And close ministers like Duke Xiangguo knew more. Emperor Yongjia himself was not in good health, and he was frightened and exhausted on the way south. For a while, it even made people feel that they might have to change to another emperor. In the end, the imperial physician cured Emperor Yongjia, but Emperor Yongjia would not have any more children.

Therefore, the harem has not been released over the years, and Emperor Yongjia is not in a hurry. After all, ordinary people will not be anxious about the result that they have known for a long time and have accepted their fate.

If Emperor Yongjia had a prince, he could choose not to establish a prince. But Emperor Yongjia did not have a prince, then the imperial heir became extremely important. Because once Emperor Yongjia died and the kings would compete for the throne without a prince’s succession would be much more serious than the prince’s throne.

Nowadays, when the ministers opposed Emperor Yongjia's treatment of the princess, it seemed a bit subtle. In Emperor Yongjia's view, this was similar to a threat. Moreover, it was not a threat of equivalent exchange. Opposing the treatment of Princess Shenyou and the adoption of the princess were completely unconflictable in the eyes of those court officials. It was not just for one to one.

Emperor Yongjia sat down behind the desk with some condescending resignation and waved, "Get out."

It was amazing, and it seemed that everyone could understand in an instant that Emperor Yongjia was telling him who was going out. The eunuch who was serving in the hall retreated silently, and Duke Xiangguo still stayed.

Emperor Yongjia looked at Xiangguo and said, "What do you think about the adoptive prince?"

Duke Xiangguo said lightly: "After all, the initiative in this matter is in the hands of Your Majesty. Whoever you like is your heir, so there is no need for Your Majesty to be so anxious." According to the current situation of Emperor Yongjia's harem, it is a matter of time to adopt the child. Since you have to do it sooner or later, why bother to get angry?

Emperor Yongjia snorted lightly, without saying anything, but seemed to have agreed to Duke Xiangguo's point of view, but he was just unwilling to accept it.

"Qing'er..." Emperor Yongjia frowned slightly and said, "You said Qing'er and that Jun Wuhuan..."

Xiangguo said justice: "Your Majesty, you know the princess's ability, and it is destined to be a thing in the pool. Jun Wuhuan... Please forgive me for your words, I'm afraid there is no man better than Jun Wuhuan in Pingjing. Those princes of the aristocratic families in Pingjing are not worthy of the princess."

Emperor Yongjia said in a deep voice: "I also think that Jun Wuhuan is a talent, but... do you think he..."

Xiangguo said justice: "Your Majesty is suspicious, he has ulterior motives?" Emperor Yongjia said without saying a word, obviously accusing him. Xiangguo Duke sneered and said, "Your Majesty, I am rude. Tianqi's current situation... To be honest, even if Yan Fengxiao really has any ambitions, it doesn't matter much to you."

Emperor Yongjia frowned, looking at Duke Xiangguo's expression a little strange. He heard Duke Xiangguo continue, "This world will be passed on to your nephew or to your son-in-law. The princess is not a ruthless person. With Jun Wuhuan's emphasis on the princess, I am afraid that he will not be able to do anything ruthless. Your Majesty thinks... which one can make you feel more at ease?"

Emperor Yongjia and Duke Xiangguo grew up together since childhood, and they are the brother-in-law of Emperor Yongjia. They occasionally say something extraordinary and the Emperor Yongjia will not pursue it. But this time they said it too outrageously. However, Emperor Yongjia was not furious, but thought silently about Duke Xiangguo's words.

Which one is more at ease, a nephew or a son-in-law?

If Emperor Yongjia was an emperor who was determined to live for the country and the foundation of the Chu family, if Duke Xiangguo said this, he would immediately push him out and cut him down. But he was not. The reason why he resisted the regent was largely for the sake of life and his future, rather than how much he really valued the country and the country. Emperor Yongjia's ascension was an accident, and his subsequent life was even more equivalent to a puppet. No one had ever taught him what it means to be the most important.

But... it is impossible to really pass the throne to the son-in-law. There has been no such rule since ancient times, let alone, even if the throne to the son-in-law, no one stipulates that this son-in-law must be Jun Wuhuan.

Let's take a look again.

Emperor Yongjia felt that he should be able to live for a few more years, and was not so anxious about this. As for Jun Wuhuan... "Do you think that Jun Wuhuan... is a little familiar?"

"Familiar?" Duke Xiangguo was stunned and said in confusion: "Have you seen him? Do you think he looks like who?"

Emperor Yongjia frowned and said, "I don't know, it's just a feeling." He didn't know why, but he just felt that he looked strange and familiar with Jun Wuhuan. But if he thought about it seriously, he seemed that he had never seen anyone like him.

Duke Xiangguo shook his head. He had a good memory. Although it was impossible to remember everyone he had seen clearly, it was impossible for people who looked like Jun Wuhuan to remember it.

Emperor Yongjia waved his hand and said, "Forget it, maybe... this surname is a bit familiar to people."

Duke Xiangguo was stunned and frowned and said, "Your Majesty is saying... the Jun family?" Jun Wuhuan... has something to do with the Jun family?

Emperor Yongjia sighed and was about to speak, Chen Gong's voice came from outside the door, "Report to Your Majesty, the princess is asking for a visit."

Emperor Yongjia was stunned and immediately said, "Princess comes in quickly."

Chu Ling stepped into the imperial study and saw the mess on the ground. Emperor Yongjia also reacted and said quickly: "Chen Gong, please clean up, don't hurt the princess!" Outside, Chen Gong responded quickly, and several palace maids hurried in to clean up the fragments on the ground, without making any sound throughout the process.

Emperor Yongjia looked at Chu Ling with a smile, his face was not angry, as if the person who was furious just now was not him, "Qing'er, why are you here? But someone neglected you? Tell your father, you will teach you these indifferent things a lesson!"

Chu Ling shook her head and said, "No, I heard that my father is in a bad mood, so I'll come and take a look."

Emperor Yongjia was very happy. Because of his daughter's concern, he even threw away the remaining anger behind his head. He said kindly to Chu Ling: "It's all broken things in the court, it doesn't matter, Qing'er, don't worry. Come and tell my father, I'm used to living last night? Is there anything I don't like?"

Chu Ling shook her head and said, "No, there is a lot of everything, so don't worry about my father."

"That's good, that's good." Emperor Yongjia said repeatedly, still a little worriedly, "If you have any missing, just tell your father that this is your home in the future. Don't let yourself be wronged."

Chu Ling nodded and said yes.

After coming out of the imperial study, Duke Xiangguo and Chu Ling returned to Yongle Palace to pick up his wife. Along the way, Duke Xiangguo told Chu Ling about the matter in the court. Today's court meeting was particularly long, but there were not many things. There were only two things in total, one was the edict of Emperor Yongjia yesterday, and the other was to hope that Emperor Yongjia would adopt the royal family as his heir. However, after arguing for a whole morning, neither of these two things ended with Emperor Yongjia leaving in anger.

Duke Xiangguo didn't care about this. This game between court officials and emperors was not solved overnight.

Chu Ling felt that he had a deeper understanding of the situation of Emperor Yongjia. It is said that the Apocalypse is more centralized than the Emperor of Northern Jin, but it seems that the rights in Emperor Yongjia are really limited at present. Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that Emperor Yongjia failed to truly grasp the power more than ten years before Emperor Yongjia ascended the throne. The emperor before Emperor Yongjia should not be so miserable to him.

"Oh, is there a quarrel in the court? No wonder the Office of the Internal Affairs dared to give me a warning. It seems that he was sure that his father could not resist the opposition in the court?" Chu Ling said with a smile.

The Duke of Xiangguo's expression changed slightly and said in a deep voice: "What did the people from the Office of the Internal Affairs do?"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just brought me the princess's annual flower offering. By the way, I reminded me not to surpass my duty as a princess. By the way, uncle, I heard an interesting saying before. I heard that the powerful families in Pingjing are preparing to let the concubines in their families run for the position of the princess and princesses?"

The Duke of Xiangguo's face became more and more gloomy. Of course, he knew what the powerful were thinking. Looking at Chu Ling, Duke of Xiangguo gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, this will never happen! I will tell Your Majesty about this!"

Chu Lingyanran smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I'm naturally relieved. I'm not that easy to bully. As for the father, don't worry."

The Duke of Xiangguo frowned slightly and said, "Why don't you tell Your Majesty?"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "I am not a person who likes to complain behind my back. If I kicked the iron plate here, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not sit there, right? I also want to see what else they can do." Duke Xiangguo looked at Chu Ling deeply. He knew that the girl in front of him was not a weak lady who was raised in the boudoir. Since she said that, she must have her own plans. However, Duke Xiangguo couldn't feel guilty in his heart. He took her back. If she was not as good as outside, was he treating her or harming her?

Chu Ling sent off Duke Xiangguo and his wife and Princess Boning to see Xiao Yan'er and others. When he saw that there was no one in front of him, Xiao Yan'er, who was originally well-behaved, immediately revealed her true colors.

"Sister Ah Ling..."

Chu Ling reached out helplessly and caught Xiao Yan'er who was acting coquettishly in front of him and said, "Why are you doing with your temper?" Xiao Yan'er was dissatisfied, "Sister A Ling, she is the most obedient." Chu Ling patted her head and comforted her, "Okay, Yan'er is the most obedient."

Xiao Yan'er leaned affectionately against Chu Ling, "Sister Ah Ling, I didn't expect you to be a princess."

Chu Ling was speechless, "You have said this more than ten times on the way you came."

Xiao Yan'er said: "But I still want to say it again. I actually call a princess sister. This girl is really amazing!"

Xue Yuan covered her lips and smiled, "Girl... Oh, no, it should be a princess. The princess doesn't know that Miss Xiao has been thinking about the princess every day in the past two days." Bai Lu and Xue Yuan were both maids specially trained by Cangyun City. Although Chu Ling's identity has suddenly changed, there is nothing else for them except the initial shock. I dare not change the identity of the girl, for them, they are still the ones they want to serve loyalty.

Chu Ling was a little funny and sighed softly, "Forget it, I've come here. Be honest these days and don't do anything randomly. There are many masters in this palace."

"Yeah." Xiao Yan'er nodded repeatedly. Chu Ling's eyes fell on Ming Xuan. Ming Xuan felt her scalp tightening and whispered in a low voice: "Ling...Miss Ling."

Chu Ling smiled and said, "Xiao Xuanzi, why would you come into the palace?"

Bai Lu whispered: "Princess, Princess Ming asked Mingnuo and Mingyao to come to Pingjing with him, saying that Mingxuan was punished for three months, so she would naturally go where the princess went. Mingnuo is now following Prince Huan Yu."

Chu Ling nodded and looked at Mingxuan carefully. Mingxuan has indeed changed a lot these days. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Since it is Mingyao's intention, then stay. The previous promise is still valid."

"Yes, Mingxuan, thank you... Thank you princess." Mingxuan really has no idea about Chu Ling now. She couldn't afford to offend her when she was just Miss Ling, let alone now she has become a princess. If even a dignified princess is not worthy of the city lord, how can she be like a little girl like her?

Looking at her respectful expression, Chu Ling nodded with satisfaction.

When the princess returned, she naturally had to have a banquet for the ministers to celebrate. However, Emperor Yongjia understood that Chu Ling was not familiar with the return of the long journey and was tired all the way, so she set the banquet after the enthronement ceremony. However, in this way, the time for the enthronement ceremony was more urgent.

The powerful people of the Tianqi have been living peacefully and freely for more than ten years. Because the palace is vacant and there is no prince and daughter, the harem and the previous dynasty are not closely connected. For example, the monthly regular visits of the wife, the queen Qianqiu, and some banquets that the queen needs to host in person have never been there. The women in the capital don’t think there is anything wrong with it. After all, although the palace banquet is a kind of face, the many cumbersome etiquettes of kneeling three times and nine times are also tiring.

Now there is a princess who is born in the legitimate world, and she is obviously very favored by His Majesty. Many experienced mistresses immediately felt that some huge changes were about to happen in Pingjing's female family circle. Of course, what they did not expect was that this change was not just a female family circle.

Regarding Chu Ling's treatment of the prince, Emperor Yongjia was still in a stalemate with the court officials. Although Emperor Yongjia had already made plans in his mind, he did not intend to let those people succeed so easily. However, the enthronement ceremony could not be delayed. The princess with titles and the little princess without titles are completely different. Moreover, with Chu Ling's age, he should have been given a title long ago.

It was noon that day, and the sun was shining brightly and clear as the sky was clear.

Chu Ling wore a princess dress and under the guidance of the ritual officials, he went to Taimiao to worship the ancestors and ancestors. He came out of Taimiao and got on the chariot and headed towards the direction of Dacheng Hall.

The square outside the Dacheng Hall was already full of people. On the surrounding city towers, the city walls were filled with large inner guards holding weapons. The guards and palace maids wearing new brocade clothes stood on both sides of the imperial road of the Dacheng Hall. In the back, there were important officials and powerful officials in the court wearing various court uniforms and imperial costumes.

This is the afternoon again, and standing in the sun is really uncomfortable. Not to mention that these people are wearing heavy and heavy dresses. The higher the grade, the more luxurious and heavy the dresses they wear. However, in a short while, many people's vests have been wet.

But no matter how hot it is, no one dares to complain, and no one dares to move around casually. Because Emperor Yongjia was on the steps outside the Dacheng Hall, looking down at them from a high place.

"The princess is here!" With a loud announcement, a few crisp whip sounds came from the palace gate not far away. Everyone hurriedly looked over and saw a group of people slowly appearing at the palace gate. They were the two royal princes who accompanied the princess to the Taimiao to worship their ancestors, as well as officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Heavenly Prison.

Many of these people were wearing the most formal dresses and walking together was very eye-catching, but everyone's first glance fell on the slenderest and petite figure in the crowd.

Chu Ling was wearing a red gold pattern dress, and a dark gold belt outlined her slender waist, making her look more and more graceful. Under the sunlight, the golden dark pattern light rendered, as if several phoenixes were dancing around her.

In the past, my hair was simply tied up and turned into a delicate bun. There was a phoenix wearing a winged tassel on both sides, and a few flower hairpins appeared and faintly between the hair. Every time I took a step forward, the tassels in my ears swayed gently with her elegant and calm steps, and the ground was so beautiful.

When everyone saw the girl walking towards her, they couldn't help but be shocked. Even those who had seen Chu Ling and even had prejudice against her had to admit that this girl could undoubtedly be regarded as a princess of a country, regardless of her appearance or temperament. Even the princesses who grew up in the royal family today were far from such a demeanor.

The mood of the female family is more complicated, and in addition to being shocked, they also have a little jealousy. Women are always prone to jealousy towards those who are more beautiful than themselves, no matter what their background is. The girl in front of them is undoubtedly enough to make all women jealous. Her beautiful appearance, outstanding temperament and demeanor, flower-like age, noble identity and emperor favor. They completely forgot what kind of life this noble girl was living in Shangjing thousands of miles away when they were enjoying luxury in Pingjing.

Chu Ling slowly walked towards Emperor Yongjia standing in front of Dacheng Palace. Along the way, she saw countless strange faces with various emotions. There were occasionally one or two familiar faces in these strange faces. Duke Xiangguo, Shangguan Chengyi, and court officials who had met in Dacheng before, their expressions were different, but Chu Ling knew that most of the people here were not very kind to her.

It's really strange that a group of deserters could justify despise a girl who was abandoned by them. Chu Ling thought casually in her heart.

"kneel!"

With the voice of the ritual official, Chu Ling gently brushed her sleeves and slowly knelt down in front of Emperor Yongjia.

Beside Emperor Yongjia, an official stepped forward and unfolded the imperial edict in his hand and began to sign it.

"The emperor who followed the heavens and inherited the imperial edict said:..." After a lot of praise, I finally read it to the end, "...give the title "Divine Blessing" and granted the golden seal treasure book. Now I would like to thank the ancestors of heaven and earth to bless the princess forever forever forever. I respect this!"

With the overwhelming congratulations of the crowd, two ceremonies holding plates stepped forward. One had a gold seal inside and the other had a dark golden booklet inside. Chu Ling reached out and turned around and handed it to the people who followed him. He bent down and bowed again, "I thank my father for his grace!"

Emperor Yongjia nodded with red eyes and stretched out his hand to pull Chu Ling up, "My son get up quickly." The enthronement ceremony of the eldest daughter was more grand than this. It was not that Emperor Yongjia was partial, but that the area of ​​the Pingjing Imperial City was limited, far less than that of Shangjing. Originally, the Enthronement Ceremony had fixed places, and ordinary people could watch the ceremony. However, the scale of Pingjing is not as large as that of Shangjing. Even many places in the palace were omitted, and some places were not yet completed under construction. Not to mention, although the Enthronement Ceremony declined slightly, it was still a big country. Now people who are in a corner to participate in the Enthronement Ceremony cannot imagine it.

Emperor Yongjia felt wronged his daughter and felt very guilty.

Emperor Yongjia pulled Chu Ling to stand beside him, facing the powerful court officials below, and said in a deep voice: "The return of the princess is a great joy for Tianqi and also my great joy. From today on, the princess Shenyou will be the only princess in the Yongjia dynasty. You should respect it. If I let me know who made the princess suffer grievances, I will never forgive me!"

These words really didn't seem to be something that an emperor could say in public. Instead, a father was harshly warning others not to bully his daughter.

Everyone below all claimed to "remember the imperial edict" and were all self-decent people, so they would not make a fuss with the emperor on such occasions. As long as it was not related to their own interests and the so-called ritual system, the court officials felt that they were quite tolerant of His Majesty the Emperor.

At this point, the enthronement ceremony of the Divine Blessing Princess was officially over, and Chu Ling, the name of the Divine Blessing Princess, was truly legitimate.
Chapter completed!